diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/PropertyEditors/ImageCropperTest.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/PropertyEditors/ImageCropperTest.cs
index 374a2f4fdc..1a2c0bc92b 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/PropertyEditors/ImageCropperTest.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/PropertyEditors/ImageCropperTest.cs
@@ -16,28 +16,28 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.PropertyEditors
         [Test]
         public void GetCropUrl_CropAliasTest()
         {
-            var urlString = mediaPath.GetCropUrl(imageCropperValue: cropperJson, cropAlias: "Thumb", cacheBuster: false, useCropDimensions: true);
+            var urlString = mediaPath.GetCropUrl(imageCropperValue: cropperJson, cropAlias: "Thumb", useCropDimensions: true);
             Assert.AreEqual(mediaPath + "?crop=0.58729977382575338,0.055768992440203169,0,0.32457553600198386&cropmode=percentage&width=100&height=100", urlString);
         }
 
         [Test]
         public void GetCropUrl_WidthHeightTest()
         {
-            var urlString = mediaPath.GetCropUrl(imageCropperValue: cropperJson, width: 200, height: 300, cacheBuster: false);
+            var urlString = mediaPath.GetCropUrl(imageCropperValue: cropperJson, width: 200, height: 300);
             Assert.AreEqual(mediaPath + "?center=0.80827067669172936,0.96&mode=crop&width=200&height=300", urlString);
         }
 
         [Test]
         public void GetCropUrl_FocalPointTest()
         {
-            var urlString = mediaPath.GetCropUrl(imageCropperValue: cropperJson, cropAlias: "thumb", preferFocalPoint: true, useCropDimensions: true, cacheBuster: false);
+            var urlString = mediaPath.GetCropUrl(imageCropperValue: cropperJson, cropAlias: "thumb", preferFocalPoint: true, useCropDimensions: true);
             Assert.AreEqual(mediaPath + "?center=0.80827067669172936,0.96&mode=crop&width=100&height=100", urlString);
         }
 
         [Test]
         public void GetCropUrlFurtherOptionsTest()
         {
-            var urlString = mediaPath.GetCropUrl(imageCropperValue: cropperJson, width: 200, height: 300, cacheBuster: false, furtherOptions: "&filter=comic&roundedcorners=radius-26|bgcolor-fff");
+            var urlString = mediaPath.GetCropUrl(imageCropperValue: cropperJson, width: 200, height: 300, furtherOptions: "&filter=comic&roundedcorners=radius-26|bgcolor-fff");
             Assert.AreEqual(mediaPath + "?center=0.80827067669172936,0.96&mode=crop&width=200&height=300&filter=comic&roundedcorners=radius-26|bgcolor-fff", urlString);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/ImageCropperTemplateExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/ImageCropperTemplateExtensions.cs
index 15cca2d7bb..4d75b164f4 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/ImageCropperTemplateExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/ImageCropperTemplateExtensions.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ using Umbraco.Web.PropertyEditors;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web
 {
+    using System.Globalization;
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Provides extension methods for getting ImageProcessor Url from the core Image Cropper property editor
     /// </summary>
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
         /// Use crop dimensions to have the output image sized according to the predefined crop sizes, this will override the width and height parameters>.
         /// </param>
         /// <param name="cacheBuster">
-        /// Add a random number at the end of the generated string
+        /// Add a serialised date of the last edit of the item to ensure client cache refresh when updated
         /// </param>
         /// <param name="furtherOptions">
         /// The further options.
@@ -128,8 +130,10 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
                 mediaItemUrl = mediaItem.Url;
             }
 
+            var cacheBusterValue = cacheBuster ? mediaItem.UpdateDate.ToFileTimeUtc().ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) : null;
+
             return mediaItemUrl != null
-                ? GetCropUrl(mediaItemUrl, width, height, imageCropperValue, cropAlias, quality, imageCropMode, imageCropAnchor, preferFocalPoint, useCropDimensions, cacheBuster, furtherOptions)
+                ? GetCropUrl(mediaItemUrl, width, height, imageCropperValue, cropAlias, quality, imageCropMode, imageCropAnchor, preferFocalPoint, useCropDimensions, cacheBusterValue, furtherOptions)
                 : string.Empty;
         }
 
@@ -166,8 +170,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
         /// <param name="useCropDimensions">
         /// Use crop dimensions to have the output image sized according to the predefined crop sizes, this will override the width and height parameters>.
         /// </param>
-        /// <param name="cacheBuster">
-        /// Add a random number at the end of the generated string
+        /// <param name="cacheBusterValue">
+        /// Add a serialised date of the last edit of the item to ensure client cache refresh when updated
         /// </param>
         /// <param name="furtherOptions">
         /// The further options.
@@ -186,7 +190,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
             ImageCropAnchor? imageCropAnchor = null,
             bool preferFocalPoint = false,
             bool useCropDimensions = false,
-            bool cacheBuster = true, 
+            string cacheBusterValue = null, 
             string furtherOptions = null)
         {
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(imageUrl) == false)
@@ -198,7 +202,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
                     var cropDataSet = imageCropperValue.SerializeToCropDataSet();
                     if (cropDataSet != null)
                     {
-                        var cropUrl = cropDataSet.GetCropUrl(cropAlias, false, preferFocalPoint, cacheBuster);
+                        var cropUrl = cropDataSet.GetCropUrl(cropAlias, false, preferFocalPoint, cacheBusterValue);
                         
                         // if crop alias has been specified but not found in the Json we should return null
                         if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(cropAlias) == false && cropUrl == null)
@@ -207,7 +211,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
                         }
 
                         imageResizerUrl.Append(cropDataSet.Src);
-                        imageResizerUrl.Append(cropDataSet.GetCropUrl(cropAlias, useCropDimensions, preferFocalPoint, cacheBuster));
+                        imageResizerUrl.Append(cropDataSet.GetCropUrl(cropAlias, useCropDimensions, preferFocalPoint, cacheBusterValue));
                     }
                 }
                 else
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/ImageCropDataSet.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/ImageCropDataSet.cs
index 914ce477b7..ebc0cc4251 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/ImageCropDataSet.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/ImageCropDataSet.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Models
         public IEnumerable<ImageCropData> Crops { get; set; }
 
 
-        public string GetCropUrl(string alias, bool useCropDimensions = true, bool useFocalPoint = false, bool cacheBuster = true)
+        public string GetCropUrl(string alias, bool useCropDimensions = true, bool useFocalPoint = false, string cacheBusterValue = null)
         {
 
             var crop = Crops.GetCrop(alias);
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Models
                 sb.Append("&height=").Append(crop.Height);
             }
 
-            if (cacheBuster)
+            if (cacheBusterValue != null)
             {
-                sb.Append("&rnd=").Append(DateTime.Now.Ticks);
+                sb.Append("&rnd=").Append(cacheBusterValue);
             }
 
             return sb.ToString();